Long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a South African adult patient cohort: a retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Factors associated with optimal adherence (≥95%) to ART

Variable	OR	95%CI	p-value	aOR	95%CI	p-value
Time since ART initiation (years)	1.10	1.05–1.16	0.0002	1.10	1.05–1.16	0.0001
Gender (ref: male)
Female	1.25	0.99–1.58	0.055	1.33	1.05–1.67	0.017
Age (ref: > 40 years)
≤25 years	0.78	0.51–1.19	0.249	0.77	0.46–1.27	0.302
26–40 years	1.06	0.83–1.36	0.631	1.11	0.85–1.43	0.450
Marital status (ref: not married)
Married	0.91	0.69–1.21	0.537
Education^a (ref: Secondary school completed)
No schooling	2.39	0.91–6.29	0.078	2.42	0.95–6.16	0.063
Secondary school not completed	0.91	0.71–1.15	0.422	0.92	0.72–1.19	0.535
Employment status (ref: student)
Employed	0.72	0.42–1.25	0.242	0.70	0.42–1.17	0.170
Unemployed	0.63	0.35–1.11	0.110	0.66	0.39–1.12	0.124
Primary breadwinner^a (ref: no)
Yes	1.20	0.92–1.56	0.177	1.32	1.02–1.72	0.034
Household tap water^a (ref: no)
Yes	0.85	0.52–1.38	0.515
Household electricity^a (ref: no)
Yes	0.83	0.55–1.25	0.370
Telephone^a (ref: no)
Yes	1.19	0.92–1.53	0.189	1.20	0.93–1.54	0.162
Tested for HIV prior to study^b (ref: no)
Yes	0.98	0.77–1.24	0.869
Disclosed HIV status^b (ref: no)
Yes	1.08	0.85–1.37	0.521
Baseline CD4 count (cells/mm³)^c	1.00	0.9986–1.0004	0.284
Baseline WHO stage (ref: Stage 3)
Stage 4	0.85	0.49–1.47	0.553

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